I love the United States of America, the United States Constitution, and the freedoms our Constitution promotes.  I love my family, I love my friends, I love myself, I love my God, I love my neighbors.          

Am I so different from you?                             

         

Are you frightened, like I am, of the direction the world is taking right now?  Are you frightened of war and suffering and poverty and homelessness and greed and chaos?

 

Are you so different from me?

 

Let's get together to change the world.  I have a plan on how to do it.

 

Right now, our government seems to pay more attention to money than anything else.  The way to get them to pay attention to THE PEOPLE is to grab them by the purse and shake them up.  I propose we can do this as a nation, as a people, with organized boycotts of gasoline and/or other goods.  For the duration of each boycott, the good and kind and loving people of America will simply not buy the boycotted item(s).  This will send a small ripple through the U.S. economy, and let the government know that the people now have a collective voice with the power to use it.  Once the government understands that the people have organized power over their money, they WILL LISTEN.

 

The next step is to organize our power.  There are a gazillion different gasoline boycotts out there right now, in the form of e-mails, websites, posters, organizations, word-of-mouth, etc.  I think that many of these are great ideas, and I would like to post the best of what I see here, for all of you to see too. Then YOU can decide which boycott(s) you might want to honor with your hard-earned dollars.

 

The next step is to use our power -- the power of decent, loving, hard-working, law-abiding citizens -- to stop the inhuman slaughter of human beings in Iraq.  Every day the war continues, more people are killed, maimed, tortured, orphaned, and emotionally scarred for life.  We need to STOP THIS INSANITY!!!  With enough boycotts (ones that will actually last longer or cost our government more money), we can finally force our government to listen to those who gave them their power: WE, THE PEOPLE.

 

The next step is to use our power to make this country, and this world, a better place for ourselves, our loved ones, and our future.  We CAN do this, one person at a time, one small step at a time.  Peace starts with me, here, now.

 

If the government censors this site, please do what YOU can to get the message out to America.  This movement has now officially started.

 

With all my love, your American neighbor

 

P.S.  I don't want power, money, or fame for myself from any of this.  I just want to help in the best way I know how.  If you would like to help too, get the word out.  Please don't take any power, money, or fame from this idea.  Simply spread the idea to help make it real.  Have a little faith.  Please.

P.P.S.  Thank you to all of the American businesses, both large and small, whose valuable goods and excellent customer services helped inspire this idea.

P.P.P.S.  Thank you to all of the religious and spiritual organizations, both large and small, whose community spirit and loving presence inspires us all.

P.P.P.P.S.  Thank you to all of the environmental and social responsibility organizations, both large and small, who are protecting our planet from our impact, and ensuring our survival as human beings.

P.P.P.P.P.S.  Thank you most of all to the soldiers who have given their lives fighting for the very freedoms that have enabled me to put this message out to you.